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AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai (apnews.com)
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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (25 children)

What is the context behind this?

[–] Ukuli@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 year ago (23 children)

2019 HK protests and CCP’s crackdown on its free press.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I know that, what did this guy actually do?

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We will never know the details of the charges, because all the legal proceedings will be secret, which is the standard in China.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone below posted the charges btw.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Not seeing any evidence of public court proceedings in this thread.

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